LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

80.79 in. (205.20 cm.) (height) by 47.24 in. (120.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Wichita, Kansas, Friends University, by 1992 (on long-term loan).

Literature:

H. Davis, ed., Hours in the picture gallery of Thirlestane House, Cheltenham, Cheltenham, 1846, p. 20, no. 62, as 'Velasquez'. C.B. Curtis, Velazquez and Murillo, London, 1883, p. 62, no. 148c, as 'Velazquez'. M. Chiarini and C. Pizzorusso, Sustermans: sessant'anni alla corte dei Medici, exhibition catalogue, Florence, 1983, p. 105, under no. 42, described as ' a copy [after Sustermans]'.

Provenance:

John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1770-1859), Thirlstane House, Cheltenham; his sale (†), Mr Phillips, on the premises, 10 August 1859 (=15th day), lot 1499, as 'Velasquez', sold for 136 gns. to, John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (1800-1887), Blackmore Vale, Dorset, and by descent in the family to, John Erle-Drax; Christie's, London, 10 December 1954, lot 138, as 'Sustermans' (126 gns. to Gatis). Sam and Rie Bloomenfeld, Wichita, Kansas, by the 1950s, until 1990, and by inheritance to, Sam and Rie Bloomenfeld Foundation, Newport Beach, California, by whom gifted to, The Friends University, Wichita, Kansas. Anonymous sale; New Orleans Auction Galleries, New Orleans, 9 December 2017 (=1st day), lot 154, when acquired by the present owner.